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The South Carolina Gamecocks, the Florida Gators, and the West Virginia Mountaineers are all now in the top five of the Associated Press' latest college football poll. South Carolina defeated No. 5 Georgia to take the No. 3 spot, Florida defeated LSU to take their No. 4 spot, and West Virginia beat No. 11 Texas to jump into this week's No. 5 spot.
Florida State, which was ranked third headed into the weekend, was upset by North Carolina State to drop out of the top 10 altogether. They are now ranked at No. 12.
The full Top 25 is below. All rankings can be found at S.I.'s AP Top 25 page:
| Rank | Team | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Alabama (60) | 5-0 | 1,500 | 1 |
| 2 | Oregon | 6-0 | 1,435 | 2 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 6-0 | 1,359 | 6 |
| 4 | Florida | 5-0 | 1,265 | 10 |
| 5 | West Virginia | 5-0 | 1,260 | 8 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 5-0 | 1,217 | 7 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 5-0 | 1,176 | 9 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 6-0 | 1,053 | 12 |
| 9 | LSU | 5-1 | 938 | 4 |
| 10 | Oregon State | 4-0 | 873 | 14 |
| 11 | USC | 4-1 | 812 | 13 |
| 12 | Florida State | 5-1 | 800 | 3 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 3-1 | 756 | 17 |
| 14 | Georgia | 5-1 | 733 | 5 |
| 15 | Texas | 4-1 | 711 | 11 |
| 16 | Clemson | 5-1 | 657 | 15 |
| 17 | Stanford | 4-1 | 587 | 18 |
| 18 | Louisville | 5-0 | 494 | 19 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 5-0 | 450 | 20 |
| 20 | Rutgers | 5-0 | 331 | 22 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 4-0 | 205 | NR |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 4-1 | 153 | NR |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech | 5-0 | 129 | NR |
| 24 | Boise State | 4-1 | 114 | NR |
| 25 | Michigan | 3-2 | 82 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Ohio 79, Baylor 62, Iowa State 54, TCU 50, Michigan State 49, Arizona State 39, Washington 39, North Carolina State 17, Nebraska 5, Arizona 4, Duke 3, Tennessee 3, Texas Tech 2, Tulsa 2, Northwestern 1, Penn State 1